How To Install vim-autopep8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-autopep8 on Kali Linux.

What is vim-autopep8

vim-autopep8 is:

This package provides vim-autopep8, a Vim plugin that applies autopep8 to your current file. autopep8 automatically formats Python code to conform to the PEP 8 style guide.

There are three methods to install vim-autopep8 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vim-autopep8 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-autopep8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vim-autopep8

Install vim-autopep8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-autopep8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vim-autopep8

Install vim-autopep8 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vim-autopep8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-autopep8

How To Uninstall vim-autopep8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vim-autopep8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-autopep8

Uninstall vim-autopep8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vim-autopep8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-autopep8

Remove vim-autopep8 Configurations and Data

To remove vim-autopep8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-autopep8

Remove vim-autopep8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vim-autopep8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-autopep8

Dependencies

vim-autopep8 have the following dependencies:

• python3-autopep8
• vim
• vim-addon-manager
• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• vim-autopep8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-autopep8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.